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Read. Follow. Verify.Oklahoma House Bill 1985 eliminates straight-party voting options starting November 2025
Last action · February 4, 2025: Referred to Elections and Ethics
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What This Bill Proposed
House Bill 1985 eliminates in Oklahoma, requiring voters to individually select candidates or responses for each office and question on the ballot beginning November 1, 2025.
- Straight-party voting allows a voter to select all candidates of a single political party using a single mark on the ballot. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Oklahoma voters
Voters must individually select candidates for every office and question rather than using a single straight-party mark.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
4 actions- Feb 4, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Elections and Ethics
- Feb 4, 2025HouseCommitteeSecond Reading referred to Government Oversight
- Feb 3, 2025HouseAuthored by Representative Ranson
- Feb 3, 2025HouseIntroducedFirst Reading
Version history
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Elimination of Straight-Party Voting
The bill shifts Oklahoma from allowing single-mark party selections to a strictly candidate-by-candidate ballot marking system.
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Sources
www.oklegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
- Controversy80Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz60Current news / social attention level
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